myriades

\mi.ʁjad\

/\mi.ʁjad\/ noun

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The verdict

“myriades” is uncommon French (frequency #67,718 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,718
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de myriade.

Corpus desk

Index FR-myriades · myriades · French

myriades · rank #67,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,718
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mya

Nearest frequency peer: mya (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « myriades »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « myriades » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for myriades
PropertyValue
Headwordmyriades
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.ʁjad\
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,718
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « myriades » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).myriadestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « mya » (#67,717), « médiatiser » (#67,719), « multitâche » (#67,716). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « myriades » est au #67,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

myriades is uncommon French at frequency #67,718 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.ʁjad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de myriade.".

Zero misspellings are on record for myriades in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is myriades, spelled M-Y-R-I-A-D-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de myriade.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how myriades appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le foin porte sur ses feuilles des myriades de kystes ; c'est donc avec lui qu’ils sont introduits dans les récipients.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "myriades"?
"myriades" is spelled M-Y-R-I-A-D-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.ʁjad\.
What does "myriades" mean?
As a noun, "myriades" means: Pluriel de myriade.
How do you pronounce "myriades"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "myriades" is \mi.ʁjad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "myriades" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "myriades", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

métayers#67,723moulants#67,712nitouche#67,733nommerai#67,736

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list